Magazine torpedo-cane.



No- 761,309. 'IA TENTED MAY 31, 1904.-

0. W. LESLIE, DEOD. T. A. LESLIE, ADMINISTRATRIX.

' MAGAZINE TORPBDO ,GANE. APYLIOATION FILED NOV. 18, 1903.

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I V UNITED STATES ,ratented May 3 1, 1904;. i;

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' CURTIS LESLIE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; THERESA LESLIE ADMINISTRATRIX' OF SAID CURTIS WALTER LESLIE,: DE.

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CEASED.

MAGAZINE TQRPEDO-PCANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,309, dated May 31, 1904.

-- Application fi lad November 18,1903.. 8eria1No.f131,630. on model.) a

T0 at whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CURTIS WALTER LESLIE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg,-county of Allegheny, and State of Penn- 3 sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Torpedo-Canes,

adapted I to contain a quantity of explosive; caps" and to automatically feed them in succession to an exploding-mortar on the lower end of the cane, so that when the cane is struck -or-tapped on the ground or other object the motar will explode thecap. Canes of this character are useful as toysfor childrenor public demonstrations in parades, Fourth-of- "July celebrations, and at other times where it is'desired to employ a safe, attractive, and convenient detonatmg devlce.

The object of my invention is to provide a 'detonating-cane of improved and novel construction which can be produced at comparatively small expense, 'willbe reliable in opera-.

Other objects are to simplify the construction and provide an'improved feed device and a novel form of mo tar whereby a large number of caps can be fed from a magazine in the j cane oneat a time inflan automatic manner on successive operatlons of the cane and exploded by the inortar at will without danger.

I the following description, while the novel features are set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an exterior view; Fig. 2, a view with one-half of the cane removed to disclose the interior construction, the mortar and cut-off. being shown in section and a cap in themotar ready for explosion; Fig. '3, a like view, but showing the position of the parts after the cap has been exploded and another cap let through the cut-off in position to be fed afterward to the mortar; Fig. 4, a perspective detail of the cut off; Fig. 5, a perspective detail of the ferrule.

The cane is made intwo-parts 1 and 2, glued or otherwise secured together along the line 3, and is provided with tom-4. On the lower end of the cane is a ferrule 5, having a solid head at its lower end, which bears against the end of the cane and is provided with the apertu're 6. The ferrule has slots 7 and 8 on opposite sides and another slot, 9. The mortar 10 iSv preferablyof metal and cup-shaped and provided with pins 11 and 12, which slide in the slots 7 and. 8. Projecting centrally of the mortar,-. from the base into the interior thereof, is a pin 13, which is adapted to fit the opening 6. .The mortar is provided with an aperture 14, for the discharge of the smoke andto vent theforce of the explosion. The mortar is ofan internal diameter such that it isadapted to snugly yet easily slide on the ferrule 5. Q

Slidable-transversely through thecane in suitable parallel slots is a cut-off 15, made of a single piece of, metal having a stop 16and parallel shelves17 and 18, the stop .16 being on the endof the shelf 18 to limit the play of the cut-off in one direction and the connecting portion1.19;.;limiting the play of the cutoif in the other directioni; The shelf 18 has anopening20j of a proper size to permit passage of the'caps 21 therethrough when said opening isin' alinement with the boreof. the cane, which 'will occur when the cut:ofl? is moved inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3. The shelf 17 is imperforate and adapted to hold a cap after it has passed through the opening 20, as shown in Fig. 3. To automatically retract the cut-off, I provide a-leaf-spring 22, having a hooked end 23 removably engaged in an opening 24 in the cut-off. The other end of the spring is secured tothe ferrule at 25, and the slot 9 is adapted to receive the spring when the spring is pressed toward the cane, as shown in Fig. 3.

A suitable number of the caps are interposed in the cane through the movable top or head 26 thereof and rest one upon the other, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, being supported by the blank portion of the shelf 18 of the cut-off, the parts being in the position shown in Fig. 2. On pressing the mortar against any object it slides on the cane and the pin 13 enters the bore 4, while the mortar presses the spring 22 toward the cane, thereby moving the cut-off to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the lowest cap then drops through the opening 20 and rests on the shelf 17. Immediately the cane is raised the weight of the mortar, supplemented by the action of the spring 22, causes the mortar to move to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the shelf 17 being removed from under the cap, which is dropped through the opening 20, said cap drops into the mortar, as shown, and the remaining caps in the magazine are supported by the blank portion of the shelf 18. Upon sharply striking the mortar against any object the cap within the mortar will be exploded, but not until the pin 13 enters the bore 4:, so that accidental explosion of the remaining caps is rendered impossible. The smoke and fire pass out through the vent 14. As the mortar 10 moves onto the cane during this operation the spring 22 is made to slide the eu t-off inwardly to let another cap through the opening shelf 20 onto the shelf 17 the parts being then in the position shown 'in Fig. 3. Immediately the cane is raised the cap drops down into the mortar and the cane is then ready for another explosion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with a cane having a bore to receive the caps, of a mortar slidable relatively to the cane and provided with a pin adapted to enter the bore when the cap in the mortar is being exploded.

' 2. In an explosive or detonating cane, the

combination with a magazine, of a cut-off to regulate the feed of the caps, a mortar slidable relatively to the cane and eoacting with the cut-off and a pin adapted to enter the part of the magazine which discharges into the mortar, prior to the explosion.

3. In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with amagazine, of a cut-off controlling the feed of the caps from the magazine, a spring acting directly on the cut-off and a mortar for exploding the caps, said mortar operating the cut-off.

4. In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with a magazine for the caps, of a cut-off controlling the feed of the caps from the magazine, a leaf-spring eoacting with the cut-01f to actuate it and a mortar for exploding the caps, said mortar operating the cut-off.

5. In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with a magazine, of a cut-off controlling the feed of the caps from the magazine, a leaf-spring eoacting with the cut-elf to actuate it, and a mortar for exploding the caps fed from the cut-off, said mortar being adapted to engage with the leaf-spring when said mortar is in operation and thereby operate the cut-off.

6. In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with a magazine for holding the caps, of a'cut-ofi' having two shelves one of which has an opening to let the caps through onto the other shelf when in one position and to sustain the caps when the cut-off is in another position, and the other shelf being adapted to hold a cap after it is fed through the opening aforesaid and to release the cap when the cut-off is thereafter actuated, and a mortar for exploding the caps fed from the cut-off. Y

7 In an explosive or detonating cane, the combination with a magazine for holding the caps, of a cut-off having two shelves one of which has an opening to let the caps through onto the other shelf when in one position and to sustain the caps when the cut-ofl' is in another position, and the other shelf being adapted to hold-a cap afterit is fed through the opening aforesaid and to release the cap when the cut-off is thereafter actuated, a leafspring for actuating the cut-ofl', and a mortar for exploding the caps fed from the cut-off and eoacting with the leaf-spring to operate the cut-off.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- CURTIS VVAL'IER LESLIE.

Witnesses:

E. H. DENNISON, J r., JNo. S. PARRIsH. 

